Puff Pastry Bites
This elegant and easy appetizer with caramelized onions, apples and gorgonzola can be whipped up quickly, with mostly pantry staples, to please any crowd! Makes about 50 bites.
Recipe Ingredients
- - 2 large onions, sliced
- - 3 cloves garlic, minced
- - 2 tablespoons neutral oil, such as vegetable or canola
- - Salt and pepper to taste
- - Seasoning blend of choice, to taste (optional)
- - 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed according to package instructions
- - Flour for dusting work surface
- - Nonstick cooking spray
- - 2 heaping tablespoons apricot preserves
- - 2 teaspoons water (more if needed)
- - 1/2 medium apple, thinly sliced into 1” pieces (approx. 1/3 cup)
- - 4 ounces crumbled gorgonzola cheese (not gorgonzola dolce, which won’t hold its shape when baked!)
Recipe Instructions
- Heat oil in a 10-inch skillet. Add onions, garlic, salt, pepper and seasoning blend. Cook gently on low to medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture is caramelized and reduced by about half (approx. 15 minutes). Cool to room temperature.
- Sprinkle work surface with a bit of flour to prevent sticking. Roll thawed pastry to around a 12”x10” rectangle. Transfer to baking sheet lightly spritzed with nonstick spray. With a fork or docking tool, prick tiny holes in the pastry (“docking”), which will prevent it from over-puffing and help the crisping process while baking.
- In a small bowl, mix preserves with water to make a light glaze. Use a pastry brush to paint glaze on the pastry.
- Add cooled onion mixture evenly on the surface, then a single layer of apples. Follow with gorgonzola. Top with the remaining apricot glaze, which will create a sweet, glossy finish.
- Bake at 400°F on the middle rack for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Carefully cut into bite-sized pieces. Arrange on a platter. Serve immediately.